A Visit with Matisse

 

Working Hard

Are we done yet?

Having Fun!

Class Gallery

Icarus by Matisse – our model

Last Thursday I presented a program on Matisse for the Assisted Living area of Covenant Woods.  For our Visit with Matisse, we briefly reviewed his long and prolific life as an artist, watched a slide show of his work – focusing on his paper cut outs, and then did cut outs of our own with Matisse’s Icarus as a model.  Everyone participated and had a good time!

This is part of Dan Springs’ Traditional Art Preservation Program.  Similar Visits with Artists are available as shown in the TAPP area of this website.  If you’re interested in scheduling one for your group or facility, give us a call!

Visit with Grandma Moses

Self-proclaimed ‘Grandma Messy’

Painting Together

Student Art

Grandma Moses ‘Little Boy Blue’ from 1947

This week Cathy presented Visit with Grandma Moses at Covenant Woods in Mechanicsville, Virginia.  This is a retirement community with multiple levels of care.  (for more information on Covenant Woods, see http://www.covenantwoods.com/) Most of the students this week were from assisted care. 

As with the other 10 ‘Visit’ classes in this art appreciation series, Cathy first gave a brief lecture on the artist, followed by a slide show of their work, and then a hands-on art activity in artist’s style.  The object of the hour and a half session is to gain some familiarity with the artist, and have a good time! 

Programs are also available for the following artists:
Eugene Boudin (1824 – 1898)
Edgar Degas (1824 – 1917)
Claude Monet (1841-1919)
Grandma Moses (1860 – 1961)
Henri Matisse (1869-1954)
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Edward Hopper (1882-1967)
Georgia O’Keeffe (1887-1986)
Norman Rockwell (1894-1978)
Andrew Wyeth (1917 – )
David Hockney (1937- )